You are a miserable excuse for a human being. Your lack of empathy makes this world a worse place to live in. One day you might learn that the world is not the simple place you think it is. I hope people are kinder to you than you are to others should that happen.
Yes mate everyone's situation is just like yours and everyone has spare money they can just put away. Meanwhile in the real world, shit happens and for many reasons it's not possible. Then some spoilt clueless child says "you should've been saving".
Sorry to disappoint but I'm not a Republican, or a Democrat for that matter. Quite frankly I wish all you extremists, left and right, would take your hate and prejudice and fuck off.
If it's that simple then why is Windows so prevalent on the desktop? I posted a list of software above. Perhaps you can tell me how well they run under WINE.
I started in IT in 1989 working with IBM mainframes. Those are still very much in use 40 years later. I've been hearing about how Linux is going to replace Windows since I started using it in 1998 and guess what? It still hasn't happened.
I'll give you an example from my previous job at a fairly large law firm. What are the Linux equivalents of Aderant, WorkSite, BigHand and Cisco Jabber and how much would it cost to migrate? How easy is it to use Microsoft Word templates and Excel macros in Libre Office? Is there a plug in for Libre Office that allows you to design templates for Contracts Express Dealbuilder? Does Contracts Express Dealbuilder support Libre Office templates?
Windows is massively entrenched in businesses because the software that runs on it doesn't run on any other systems. Any OS that wants to eat into that market has to find a way of getting around that.
Lots of serious professional software only runs on Windows. Software you've probably never heard of but nonetheless is widely used in a particular industry. The applications barrier to entry is still going strong.
I suspect Slashdot is harder to change than turning off "smart" quotes in your keyboard settings but if you're happy with people here laughing at you then keep that setting you don't need.
One of the things that struck me in the BBC story about her was a woman careers advisor trying to put her off but being completely accepted by her male peers in her scientific role.
Depends on the leftist mate. I've got no time for religious fanatics of any stripe and there is plenty of that on both sides. The Israelis don't have any right to the former Ottoman province of Palestine just because their holy book says God gave it to them 4000 years ago. That doesn't give the Palestinians the right to murder the Israelis.
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You are a miserable excuse for a human being. Your lack of empathy makes this world a worse place to live in. One day you might learn that the world is not the simple place you think it is. I hope people are kinder to you than you are to others should that happen.
Yes mate everyone's situation is just like yours and everyone has spare money they can just put away. Meanwhile in the real world, shit happens and for many reasons it's not possible. Then some spoilt clueless child says "you should've been saving".
Most people don't live rent-free with their parents.
Or you could turn off smart punctuation in the keyboard settings with no loss of functionality
What's your alternative plan?
Pee review is urology I believe
The simplest and most widely used method is via a USB cable. Why is that not possible on Apple devices?
Sorry to disappoint but I'm not a Republican, or a Democrat for that matter. Quite frankly I wish all you extremists, left and right, would take your hate and prejudice and fuck off.
Why do so many "progressives" on here use homophobic slurs?
I'm quite familiar with Linux but you are clearly not familiar with sarcasm
It hasn't failed as such. It's very difficult to compete with an entrenched monopoly.
Far more risky trying to fire up the sat nav via the command line though
Depends whether one of the scientists is wearing a tacky shirt or not.
Oh yeah it's that simple /s
If it's that simple then why is Windows so prevalent on the desktop? I posted a list of software above. Perhaps you can tell me how well they run under WINE.
I started in IT in 1989 working with IBM mainframes. Those are still very much in use 40 years later. I've been hearing about how Linux is going to replace Windows since I started using it in 1998 and guess what? It still hasn't happened.
I'll give you an example from my previous job at a fairly large law firm. What are the Linux equivalents of Aderant, WorkSite, BigHand and Cisco Jabber and how much would it cost to migrate? How easy is it to use Microsoft Word templates and Excel macros in Libre Office? Is there a plug in for Libre Office that allows you to design templates for Contracts Express Dealbuilder? Does Contracts Express Dealbuilder support Libre Office templates?
Windows is massively entrenched in businesses because the software that runs on it doesn't run on any other systems. Any OS that wants to eat into that market has to find a way of getting around that.
Lots of serious professional software only runs on Windows. Software you've probably never heard of but nonetheless is widely used in a particular industry. The applications barrier to entry is still going strong.
I suspect Slashdot is harder to change than turning off "smart" quotes in your keyboard settings but if you're happy with people here laughing at you then keep that setting you don't need.
The sign of someone who can't figure out his iDevice.
Not at all like Microsoft who have very long support cycles even for consumer grade software.
One of the things that struck me in the BBC story about her was a woman careers advisor trying to put her off but being completely accepted by her male peers in her scientific role.
So you'd be happy with a developer with zero experience working on a complex crypto library. You must be an IT manager.
Yep I absolutely want someone straight out of university "fixing" OpenSSL.
Thank you for your incredibly useful input. It added so much to the discussion.
Depends on the leftist mate. I've got no time for religious fanatics of any stripe and there is plenty of that on both sides. The Israelis don't have any right to the former Ottoman province of Palestine just because their holy book says God gave it to them 4000 years ago. That doesn't give the Palestinians the right to murder the Israelis.